5 mL snap-cap tubes are made of high quality polypropylene and are very easy to open and close. 5 mL kits can be used in the Bullet Blender® 5E Pro (BT5E) and Bullet Blender 5E Gold+ (BB5EAUP). They can also be used with former 5 mL tube Bullet Blender models (excluding the discontinued 5 mL screw-cap instrument).
Custom kits: Need a precise mixture of beads to match your SOP or homogenize an unusual sample? Don’t waste hours making them yourself — we offer Custom kits made to your specifications. Contact us for more information.
Kits are available in RNase-free or non-sterile versions, and are sold in packs of 20 or 100.
5 mL Green snap-cap kits:
Excellent for small samples of any toughness. Green bead lysis kits are filled with a mix of stainless steel beads and are ideal for buffer volumes between 500 μL and 1.2 mL.
They’re great for small samples of tougher material like skeletal muscle or heart, but can also be used on softer samples like spleen or lung.
5 mL Navy snap-cap kits:
Extra power for your tough samples. Navy bead lysis kits are filled with a stainless steel UFO beads and are ideal for buffer volumes between 1.2 mL and 2.5 mL.
They’re great for samples too large for a Green kit and deliver extra homogenizing power for challenging samples like bone, tumors, and hard-shelled insects such as ticks. Navy kits can also be used for softer samples so if you’re looking for one kit that can do it all, Navy kits are the best choice.
5 mL Pink snap-cap kits:
Best used to homogenize small soft samples like liver or brain, Pink bead lysis kits are filled with a mix of zirconium oxide beads and are ideal for buffer volumes between 500 μL and 1.2 mL.
5 mL Red snap-cap kits:
Ideal for softer and larger samples with target buffer volumes ranging 1.2 mL to 2.5 mL.
Red bead lysis kits are filled with a mix of zirconium oxide beads — perfect for the homogenization of tissues such as kidney or spleen.
All colors of snap-cap kits are shipped with red silicone plugs.
